Mine detail: Chuquichambi Deposits

Previously called 'San MiguelCelia'

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Location: Oruro, Bolivia, South America
Lat / long: -17.90237, -67.91006
dep_id: 10086947
mrds_id: BL10223
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Malachite
gangue: Pyrite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR, TABULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 197: Sediment-hosted Cu
ore_ctrl: Cu Minerals Replace Calcite-Fe Oxide Cement In Sandstones Capped By Impermeable Shale
Reporter: Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Huayllamarca
hrock_type: Sandstone
References:
  • Deposit:: RUIZ G., LORGIO, , ALGUNAS CONSIDERACIONES SOBRE LA GENESIS DEL YACIMIENTO CUPRIFERO DE CHUQUICHAMBI: YACIMIENTOS PETROLIFEROS FISCALES BOLIVIANOS REVISTA, V., P. 459-470.
  • Deposit:: GUSTAVSON ASSOC., 1992, COMPENDIUM OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BOLIVIA
  • Deposit:: GEOBOL, 1974, PROYECTO CHUQUICHAMBI: GEOBOL INFORME GE-G1/250
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: (1-3) GUSTAVSON ASSOC. (1992)
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